12-letter words containing i, n, g, e
- hedgehopping — Present participle of hedgehop.
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- heffelfinger — William Walter ("Pudge") 1867–1954, U.S. football player.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemstitching — Present participle of hemstitch.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herring gull — a common, large gull, Larus argentatus, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high density — floppy disk
- high finance — large-scale financial transactions or institutions.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home cooking — home-made food
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homogenising — Present participle of homogenise.
- homogenizing — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- honeymooning — (of a married couple) On a honeymoon.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horseshoeing — Present participle of horseshoe.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hydrogen ion — ionized hydrogen of the form H + , found in aqueous solutions of all acids.
- hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.